Datacolor Spyder4Elite S4EL100 Colorimeter for Display Calibration

To put it simply, this is a remarkable tool which is easy to use and provides excellent results for complex calibration. I work as a video editor and have spent the past year with an uncalibrated dual-screen setup (one for workspace, one for preview). My so-called 'Preview' monitor was displaying what I would consider washed out images with barely any dynamic range. This made the screen useless for colour correction or grading and I ended up having to use my workspace screen to do such tasks. Since buying this new product I have noticed an incredible difference in the representation of colour information on both screens - I calibrated my main display with the simple step-by-step process and then did the same with my secondary monitor. Now when working on both screens I am presented with the same picture on both. A must buy for any creative professional!

Facile à installer et à utiliser la Spyder 4 permet de générer un profil icc pour son écran de PC. La calibration est indispensable dès qu'on fait du développement de photo RAW avec Lightroom ou de la retouche avec Photoshop, pour ne pas faire n'importe quoi. Le logiciel speaks French. Il est possible de calibrer un vidéoprojecteur connecté comme moniteur sur un PC. En revanche pour un home cinéma Datacolor propose le kit TVHD qui est une arnaque pour les vidéoprojecteurs HC car on ne peut régler que la luminosité et le contraste. Il vaut mieux utiliser le logiciel HCFR qui reconnait la Spyder 4 comme sonde. Il est beaucoup plus complexe à utiliser mais donne des résultats spectaculaires. Donc avec le même Spyder 4 on peut à la fois utiliser le logiciel Datacolor pour les écran de PC et le logiciel HCFR pour les vidéoprojecteur en utilisation home cinema. Juste après mon achat Datacolor a sorti la Spyder 5. Merci Amazon de n'avoir pas anticipé l'annonce !

We are using this in our small design practice to profile 2 Macbook Pro Retina laptops and one desktop Mac as well as some Thunderbolt displays. The setup of our studio isn't perfect as far as ambient light goes but this little bugger does its level best to get the displays all giving the same result! I highly recommend this device as the basis for the calibration workflow. Our next job is to start profiling our digital printers.

Ottimo prodotto. L'esecuzione della calibrazione è guidata passo passo e semplice da eseguire. Il calibratore può essere usato su quanti computer si desidera basta scaricare/installare il software su di esso. Utilizzabile sia su sistemi windows che mac. Ho eseguito la calibrazione su iMac e su Macbook Pro e devo constatare che la storia dei monitor apple già calibrati è vera. La differenza dopo la calibrazione è veramente sottile. Dopo la calibrazione la gamma dei neri è visibilmente più ampia.

I calibrate my monitor quite often to ensure great quality and consistent colors between pictures. In the past I used a competing brand simply because at that time that brand was less expensive and I thought.. well why not! This was several years ago. When the Spider 4 Elite came out, I decided to replace my other brand for a couple of reasons. 1) Way easier to use and 2) it came with a stand to stand next to my monitor at a very easy reach. Now, to elaborate on some of these that were to me important: 1) Easier to use: it is really easy to use. As the other brand, the Spider 4 Elite also comes with an ambient light measure. The difference however is that the other brand measures it and tells you whereas the Spider 4 Elite measures, tells you, AND adjusts the monitor accordingly. I have tested this such that I had my shades pulled open and closed and anywhere in between where I thought the light was to my liking. The Spider 4 Elite told me that forget about opening the shades because the light is out of control! I loved that! Now I know precisely where to keep my shades to be comfortable for me to see my keyboard without interfering with my monitor! LOVE that! 2) The stand... you'd think "no big deal" but yes, it is! The other brand had to sit either on top of the monitor--which made it fall on several occasions--or just lay on the top of my computer desk, in which case it often had things end up on it or knocking it off the desk all together. The Spider 4 Elite comes with its own stand, which places the measuring unit vertically suspended and out of the way but next to the monitor, making it very easy to attach to the monitor and re-calibrate in one second. It also has a blue flashing light letting you know that it is "alive" and is monitoring your ambient light, making adjustments to your monitor such that even if your ambient light changes (within limit), the calibration "follows" to set your monitor brighter or dimmer in response to what light you have in your office. This is great for ongoing minor adjustments so I can keep on working and have consistent results even with some changes in my room light. And although I did not list a 3rd point earlier, I must add a 3rd: the price has come down to the point where I find the Spider 4 Elite a better deal given the other 2 points I just listed. It can also calibrate my printer, which I have not yet done since I normally send my work to a professional printing lab rather than printing at home.